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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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